Well, you are quick Paterbrat, I am a bit slow. In fact, I'm very slow when it comes to changing perceptions developed over a life time.
When governments and bureaucrats start behaving in manners contradictory to their established patterns then I'll consider changing. I don't see any real hurry to change you see.
Perhaps you feel the need to overreact to the terrorist threat but I still think that the possibility of becoming a victim is very slight, and as Chuck Yeager once said "If I can't do anything about it, I don't worry about it", or words to that effect.
Of course you could say that you can do something about it, and you'd be right, but it's probably not the sort of thing that you would think of doing. You can't extinguish hate with more hate, mate. And if someone hates you, hating them back seldom has the desired effect.
As someone else mentioned, terrorism doesn't have to confine itself to aviation. Open your eyes and see the big picture, if someone really hates us then there are literally thousands of ways for them to demonstrate that hate. P*ssing off pax in the name of security is a sure way to alienate the good guys as well!
Has the thought occurred to you that a good part of the reason for the global downturn in air travel may have something to do with the fact that pax are being treated like criminals when they try to board an aircraft?